LT0066 - ITALIAN LITERATURE

courses

ID:

LT0066

Duration (hours):

84

CFU:

SSD:

LETTERATURA ITALIANA

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

HUMANITIES/STORIA Year: 1

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Course Objectives

The teaching contributes to the learning objectives of the undergraduate programme in Humanities, in particular along the following lines:Skills and UnderstandingOn completion of the course students must:-possess in-depth and wide knowledge from a bibliographical viewpoint of the historical phases of Italian literature, the authors and the most representative texts;- be able to move with ease among the basic themes and stylistic features linked to specific periods or proper to individual authors, also in relation to the broader cultural context in which they are placed;- be able to read and analyse an Italian literary text, recognizing its constituent elements and placing it correctly in its cultural context.Ability to apply knowledge and understandingOn completion of the course students must:-be able to carry out targeted analyses of literary texts on diversified methodological bases;-be able to carry out bibliographical research in an exhaustive and updated manner, both with telematic and traditional tools, orienting themselves correctly in an archive and succeeding in correctly finding and examining the sources.Independence of JudgementOn completion of the course students must:-have developed autonomous abilities in analysis and interpretation of literary texts, as well as in research, collection and discussion of critical studies;-be able to supply critically grounded but also personal interpretations of the themes and texts studied.Communications SkillsOn completion of the course students must:-have achieved a good level of expounding and communicating the subjects of study. In particular they must employ precisely and appropriately an expressive register proper to the specific discipline.Learning AbilityOn completion of the course students must:-have developed the ability to orient themselves autonomously in research and in-depth study in the humanistic field;-have developed abilities of interaction at a good level in diversified cultural and linguistic contexts, using the knowledge and skills they have learnt

Course Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Teaching Methods

- Traditional lessons (with teacher up front);-Interactive lessons;-Text reading, analysis, comment;-Discussion and development of interpretive hypotheses.

Assessment Methods

Ascertainment of the knowledge and skills acquired is subdivided in two phases: a preliminary written test on material from Part I (history of literature, authors, movements and texts) and an oral test to assess learning with regard to the in-depth study of the novel genre in the second half of the nineteenth century.The written test must meet criteria of correct orthography, morphology, syntax and semantics, of expressive clarity and summarizing skill, as well as demonstrating appropriate knowledge of the themes in question. It will consist of open answer questions (with limited length of answer) and requests to paraphrase or analyse the studied texts.The oral exam concerned the second part is an interview whose purpose is to assess both knowledge of contents and the student’s critical and methodological skills. Access to the oral is gained by passing the written test (18/30). The assessment gained in this first part is valid for 12 months.The final mark, which goes from 1 to 30, is not the result of the mathematical average of the two tests: assessment of the oral test may increase that of the written up to a maximum of 4 marks. The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.Trials of the written exams will be held during the latter part of the lessons.NB: Erasmus students need not sit the written test.

Texts

Reference texts
For the first part:
A good manual of the history of literature; the following are recommended:

R. Luperini, P. Cataldi, L. Marchiani, La scrittura e l’interpretazione, Palermo, Palumbo, 2000 (and subsequent editions, also with different titles);
G. Baldi, S. Giusso, M. Razetti, Dal testo alla storia. Dalla storia al testo, Torino, Paravia, 2000 (and subsequent editions, also with different titles);

Alternatively, students who do not have access to one of the recommended manuals can use: Alfano-Italia-Russo-Tomasi, Letteratura italiana. Manuale per studi universitari, Milan, Mondadori, 2018 (2 volumes). In this case, since the anthology material is not very extensive, it will be necessary to supplement with texts provided by the instructor or independently sourced.
Recommended editions of Dante’s Divine Comedy: Pasquini-Quaglio, Milan, Garzanti, 1982-86; T. Di Salvo, Bologna, Zanichelli, 1995; G. Inglese, Rome, Carocci, 2007; Chiavacci Leonardi, Milan, Mondadori, 2005.
Reference bibliography for the second part:

G. Oliva, Superfluo come il respiro. Elogio della letteratura e dell'immaginazione, Lanciano, Carabba, 2025.

G. Tellini, Il romanzo italiano dell’Ottocento e del Novecento, Milan, Mondadori, 2003, pp. 113-246.

Instructor’s handout (will be made available to students at the end of lessons on https://fad.unich.it/).

Reading of 2 novels of choice among:

L. Capuana, Giacinta, Milan, Mondadori, 2005 (recommended edition)

E. Navarro della Miraglia, La nana, Selino’s Edizioni, 2009 (recommended edition)

G. Verga, I Malavoglia, Milan, Feltrinelli, 2014 (recommended edition)

G. C. Chelli, L’eredità Ferramonti (any edition)

G. Verga, Mastro-don Gesualdo, Milan, Feltrinelli, 2014 (recommended edition)

R. Zena, La bocca del lupo (any edition)

F. De Roberto, I Viceré, Milan, Feltrinelli, 2022 (recommended edition)

It is advised to consult a manual on metrics and rhetoric; for example:

P. G. Beltrami, Gli strumenti della poesia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.

B. Mortara Garavelli, Il parlar figurato. Manualetto di figure retoriche, Bari, Laterza, 2014.

Non-attending students should also study:

M. Cimini, Modelli e forme della narrazione. Dall’eredità manzoniana a Silone, Lanciano, Carabba, 2012, pp. 1-94.

The course will be divided into two parts. The first will focus on authors, genres, movements, and texts of Italian literature from its origins up to the turning point between the 19th and 20th centuries. The second will offer an in-depth study of post-unification literature, with particular reference to the realist novel.

Course Language

Italian

More information

The course is structured in a single module of 12 ECTS.-Organisation of teaching:84 hours of lessons, seminars and redevelopment of the themes dealt with.Students of the old regulations or who have a study plan with a credit load other than 12 ECTS must agree on a specific programme with the teacher.